PARIS, FRANCE, Franck Iovene / Fiachra Gibbons- While other nations reach for their guns when they are attacked, France looked to its bookshelves Friday. In a repeat of a publishing phenomenon that...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- A Swiss fruit-and-vegetable farmer stumbled across more than tree roots when inspecting his cherry orchard recently, uncovering a massive trove of coins buried some 1,700 years...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Adele will shun streaming as she launches her long-awaited album "25," which is predicted to be the biggest release in years. Spotify, the largest site in the fast-growing...
NETHERLANDS, Jo Biddle- Monsters gorging on lost souls, demons torturing sinners contorted in pain, grinning skeletons awaiting the dying: the nightmarish visions of Hieronymus Bosch have both...
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Marina Koreneva- For more than a century visitors have marvelled at the Hermitage Museum's precious collections, and for just as long dozens of cats have prowled the Saint...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Movie mogul Steven Spielberg, singer-director Barbra Streisand, and songwriter James Taylor are among the 17 people to be awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White...
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, Mihaela Rodina- They may be athletes, businessmen or politicians but the minute they are jailed, Romanian convicts often morph into "men of letters" thanks to a law allowing those...
BERLIN, GERMANY, Deborah Cole- Self-described "history geek" Steven Spielberg said Friday that his phenomenal box office clout allowed him to keep swinging from gritty passion projects to fantasy...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Four more leading orchestras on Friday joined Google's Classical Live, a project by the Internet giant to bring more of the concert hall audience into the growing sector of...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met war widow Daphne Dunne in Sydney Thursday, as they were mobbed by royal fans as they continued their six-day tour of Australia....
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